KR20010109941A - Remote medical service system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a remote medical service system and method for providing a suitable treatment method for patients by exchanging medical information or opinions about a patient in real time between domestic and foreign hospitals through an e-mail or a wireless mobile terminal.

In the present invention, a web server for transmitting and receiving medical information and opinions between hospitals, a PACS server for storing and converting image image files of medical information, a database for storing text files of medical information, and opinions about patients between hospitals. A telemedicine service system and service method are provided, comprising a video conferencing server that connects the video conference to divide a video call.

According to the present invention as described above, since the medical information is converted into a protocol format of the corresponding hospital so as to enable remote medical care between hospitals using different medical equipment or network equipment and operating systems, it is possible to exchange medical information and medical opinions between hospitals. By providing appropriate medical information about the patient through PC or mobile terminal, it is possible to reduce the time and economic cost of the patient's movement, and to make reasonable use of medical resources by enabling consultation with excellent medical staff. In addition, there is an advantage to prevent the occurrence of duplicate medical records and to reduce the burden on the patient due to the duplicated examination and smooth use of medical information.

Description

Remote medical service system and method

The present invention relates to a remote medical service system and method, and in particular, to provide a treatment method suitable for a patient by exchanging medical information or opinions about a patient in real time between domestic and foreign hospitals through an e-mail or a wireless mobile terminal. One remote medical service system and method is described.

Recently, as the sharing of information through the global network has increased, the exchange of medical information such as medical opinions on any diseases has increased rapidly in the domestic and overseas medical industry. Accordingly, in Korea, an attempt is made to exchange medical information, such as a patient's name, medical record, and medical opinion, between a mother hospital and a own hospital of a specific hospital. In this case, all the elements in the hospital, such as the medical device or network equipment and the operating system of the hospital should be the same in the parent and self-hospital.

As described above, conventionally, telemedicine services are provided only between specific hospitals using the same medical device or network equipment and the same operating system, so that when using different medical devices or network equipment and different operating systems, remote medical services are provided. There was a problem that can not.

In addition, conventionally, when the patient's disease is not available in the hospital, the medical information about the disease is provided to other hospitals or transferred to other hospitals through the Internet or telephone, so that the treatment at the time of treatment of emergency patients Over time, the patient's life was at risk.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the problems described above, the purpose of which is converted to the protocol format used in the hospital even if the medical device or network equipment and operating system used in the foreign hospital as well as domestic hospitals are transmitted By providing a telemedicine service system and method for providing telemedicine services.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a remote medical service system and method for treating a patient by receiving medical information of the patient in real time through the Internet or a mobile communication terminal at the time of treatment of an emergency patient. .

1 is a view showing a configuration for providing a telemedicine service according to the present invention,

2 is a view showing the configuration of the hospital shown in FIG.

3 is a view showing a medical service center shown in FIG.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a remote medical service according to the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a service providing method in a medical service center according to the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

100: medical service center 110: domestic hospital

120: foreign hospital 130: patient

200: Hospital 210: PACS System

220: medical equipment 230: film digitizer

240: PC 250, 350: VPN writer

310: Web Server 320: PACS Server

330: Database 360: Video Conferencing Server

The present invention for achieving the above object is a web server for transmitting and receiving medical information and medical opinions between the hospital; A PACS server that stores and converts an image image file among the treatment information; A database in which a text file is stored among the treatment information; And a video conferencing server for connecting video conferences to share opinions about patients between hospitals.

In addition, the present invention comprises the steps of receiving a patient's information from the hospital; Storing information about the patient and converting the information of the patient; Transmitting the converted patient's information to another hospital and storing the transmission related information; Posting a medical opinion about a patient from another hospital on a web server; And a process of notifying the medical opinion to the hospital.

Next, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the remote medical service according to the present invention includes a domestic hospital 110, an overseas hospital 120, a patient 130, and a medical service center 100.

The medical service in the above-described configuration is performed as follows.

First, the primary care physician visits the patient 130 in a domestic hospital 110 or an overseas hospital 120 to provide a new treatment method or an opinion of the patient 130 at another hospital about the disease of the patient 130. If you want to hear, the medical information of the patient 130, current health status, medical log, medication status, etc. is transmitted to the medical service center 100 through the network. Here, the medical care information about the patient 130 may be in the form of image image information or plain text information such as X-rays, and the medical service center 100 receives the medical record information about the patient 130 and thus image images. After saving the file or text file, the image image file is converted into the protocol format of the requesting hospital and transmitted to another hospital. For example, if the first domestic hospital (110-1) wants to hear the treatment opinions for the patient 130 from the first foreign hospital (120-1) and / or the second domestic hospital (110-2), the patient The medical care information about 130 is transmitted to the medical service center 100, and the medical service center 100 stores the medical care information. Subsequently, the image image file of the corresponding medical information is converted into a protocol format used by the first foreign hospital 120-1 or / and the second domestic hospital 110-2, and the first foreign hospital 120 through e-mail. -1) and / or to the second domestic hospital 110-2. At this time, the electronic mail notifies that the text file for the patient 130 is stored in the medical service center 100.

The first foreign hospital 120-1 or / or the second domestic hospital 110-2, which received the medical information of the patient 130 through an e-mail, checks the corresponding medical information, and the first foreign hospital ( 120-1) and / or the second domestic hospital 110-2 checks the text file stored in the medical service center 100 and is further provided with information about the patient 130. Accordingly, the first foreign hospital 120-1 and / or the second domestic hospital 120-2 posts a medical opinion about the patient 130 on the web page of the medical service center 100, and the medical care. The service center 100 notifies the medical opinions of the first domestic hospital 110-1 that requested the medical opinions of the patient 130 through an e-mail or a mobile communication terminal. The first domestic hospital (110-1) that is notified of the medical opinions checks the medical opinions and, if there are any questions about the medical opinions, the first foreign hospital (120-1) or / and via e-mail or video conference You can consult with the second domestic hospital (110-2).

As shown in FIG. 2, the configuration of the domestic hospital 110 and the foreign hospital 120 for performing such a service is a film digitizer 230 that scans the film photographing the patient 130 in the medical equipment 220 or the like. And the PACS system 210 for converting the image image file scanned by the film digitizer 230 and the image image file photographed directly by the medical equipment 220 to the medical service center 100, and the patient 130. Medical equipment 220 for consulting a doctor, a video conferencing system 260 for consulting with a doctor in another hospital through a video, and a VPN router (Virtual Private Network Router) for preventing information leakage for the patient 130. It is done by

When the domestic hospital 110 or the foreign hospital 120 delivers medical information such as medical history, current health condition, medical log, and medication status for the patient to the PACS system 210 through the PC 240, the corresponding PACS system 210 transmits the treatment information to the medical service center 100. In this case, the treatment information includes an image image file and a text file of the patient 130, and the image image file is transmitted using the DICOM 3 protocol, which is a standard protocol of the medical industry. Here, the image image file may be scanned by a film digitizer 230 or a film taken by a medical device 220 such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), or the like. Image data taken directly from the same medical equipment 220.

The PACS system 210 is a system for inputting and storing various medical images used in a hospital, for example, an X-ray imaging apparatus, an ultrasound image diagnosis apparatus, a CT apparatus, an MRI apparatus, and transmitting and outputting them to a desired place.

Thereafter, when receiving a medical opinion about the patient 130 from the medical service center 100 through an e-mail or a mobile communication terminal, the corresponding medical opinion is checked. At this time, if there is a question about the medical opinions, consultation with other hospitals that presented the medical opinions through the video conferencing system 260 or e-mail.

On the other hand, the medical service center 100 for transmitting and receiving medical information and medical opinions between the domestic hospital 110 and the foreign hospital 120 is connected in the domestic hospital 110 and the foreign hospital 120, as shown in FIG. Web server 350, the PACS server 320 for storing and converting the image image file transmitted from the domestic hospital 110 and the foreign hospital 120, and the domestic hospital 110 and the foreign hospital 120 is transmitted Database 330 for storing the text file, the video conferencing server 360 to connect through the image during the consultation between the hospital, VPN router 350 for preventing information leakage to the patient 130 and the hospital 200 ) Is made.

When the web server 310 of the medical service center 100 receives medical information about each patient from a domestic hospital 110 or an overseas hospital 120, an image image file of the corresponding medical information is stored in the PACS server 320. The text file is stored in the database 330. In addition, the PACS server 320 uses the DICOM 3 protocol, which is a protocol format of a hospital (hereinafter, referred to as a "hospital presentation hospital") that presents a medical opinion to the patient 130, and transmits the image image file. Send your comments via email to the hospital.

Thereafter, the opinion presentation hospital checks the image image file, checks the text file for the patient 130 stored in the database 330 of the medical service center 100, and then sends the medical opinion to the web page of the web server 310. When posted, the web server 310 of the medical service center 100 notifies the domestic hospital 110 or the foreign hospital 120 that requested the medical opinion through an e-mail or a mobile communication terminal that the medical opinion has been posted. . In this case, the patient 130 is also notified of the medical opinion posting through an e-mail or a mobile communication terminal. Accordingly, the patient 130 may access the web server 310 to check his or her treatment process and progress state through the database 33 or to inquire the treatment result. In addition, the patient 130 may reserve or cancel a medical examination at a corresponding hospital through the medical service center 100, and receive necessary information about his or her disease through the Internet or a mobile communication terminal in real time.

Subsequently, when a video conference request is received from the domestic hospital 110 or the foreign hospital 120, the domestic hospital 110 or the foreign hospital 120 which has requested a medical opinion through the video conferencing server 360 is connected to the opinion-presenting hospital. Have a consultation.

Meanwhile, the above-described VPN routers 250 and 350 of domestic and overseas hospitals 110 and 120 and the medical service center 100 are based on an Internet-only line such as an Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), but there is a security problem. As it can occur, it adopts VPN protocol and firewall system to prevent crackers or hackers from invading or leaking information. The VPN uses a technique called tunneling. The tunneling technology is a technology that sends and receives information by forming a virtual tunnel that is not affected by the outside on the Internet network.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be modified or modified in various ways. Accordingly, modifications to the practice of the invention will not depart from the technical scope of the invention.

As described above, the present invention converts the medical information into a protocol format of the corresponding hospital so as to enable remote medical care between hospitals using different medical equipment or network equipment and operating systems, thereby exchanging medical information and medical opinions between hospitals. There is an advantage to this.

In addition, the present invention has the advantage of reducing the time and economic costs associated with the movement of the patient by providing appropriate medical information for the patient via a PC or a mobile communication terminal.

In addition, the present invention enables not only the rational use of medical resources by enabling consultation with excellent medical staff, but also the smooth movement and convenient use of medical information to prevent the occurrence of duplicate medical records and reduce the burden on patients due to duplicate examinations. There are advantages to it.

Claims (9)

A web server for transmitting and receiving medical information and medical opinions between hospitals; A PACS server that stores and converts an image image file among the treatment information; A database in which a text file is stored among the treatment information; And a videoconferencing server for connecting videoconferencing to share opinions about patients between hospitals. The method of claim 1, wherein the PACS server, A telemedicine service system, characterized by converting an image image file into a DICOM 3 file. Receiving patient information from a hospital; Storing information about the patient and converting the information of the patient; Transmitting the converted patient's information to another hospital and storing the transmission related information; Posting a medical opinion about a patient from another hospital on a web server; Telemedicine service method comprising the step of notifying the medical opinions to the hospital. The method of claim 3, wherein And after requesting more detailed medical opinions after checking the medical opinions received from the web server, the web server further comprises connecting to another hospital in a video conference state. The method of claim 3, wherein Telemedicine service method characterized in that the web server transmits the medical opinions to the hospital via e-mail or mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 4, wherein A method of remote medical service, characterized in that a web server requests a video conference status connection via e-mail to another hospital before connecting to another hospital. The method of claim 3, wherein And transmitting the converted patient information to one or more hospitals, wherein the converted patient information is transmitted to one or more hospitals. The method of claim 3, wherein Telemedicine service method characterized in that the patient's medical information is stored in a file corresponding to the database. The method of claim 4, wherein If the patient is receiving medical care, the patient's vital signs are transmitted to a web server, and the web server stores the vital signs of the patient in a database.